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A Foretaste of Heaven
Commentators highlight the immense joy expressed in this verse. After a long journey, the pilgrims' feet are finally standing within Jerusalem's gates. This moment of arrival is seen as a powerful metaphor for the Christian's journey. Just as the pilgrims rejoiced to enter the holy city, believers can anticipate the even greater joy of one day entering the 'New Jerusalem,' their heavenly home, after the journey of life.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 122:2
18th Century
Theologian
Our feet shall stand within your gates, O Jerusalem - We will enter the sacred city. It appears now in full view before us—its wall…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 122:2
19th Century
Bishop
Our feet shall stand. —Rather, Our feet have been, and are now, standing. Here we stand at last at thy gates…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 122:2–3
19th Century
Preacher
Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
So is every true church…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 122:2
16th Century
Theologian
Our feet shall be standing within your gates, O Jerusalem! In the Hebrew text the verb is indeed in the past tense, which it would not be …
John Gill
On Psalms 122:2
17th Century
Pastor
Our feet shall stand within your gates, O Jerusalem .
] Which is to be understood not merely literally of the city o…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 122:1–5
17th Century
Minister
The pleasure and profit from means of grace, should make us disregard trouble and fatigue in going to them; and we should encourage one another to …